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-31- Prior to the 1962 election, Matz had also worked professionaily with oné of Mr. Agnew's close associates. Indeed, by this time the three of them (Mr. Agnew, Matz and the close associate) had already begun to ra develop what would in the next four years become a“ . ship. Very shortly after Mr. Agnew assumed office as County Executive _for Baltimore County, Matz was contacted by the close associate. During this conversation the close associate told Matz that the two of them were going to make a lot of money under the Agnew administration. Although he did not elaborate on this comment, Matz inferred from what he said during this conversation that under the Agnew administration, the two of them could expect substantial favors from the Baltimore County Government. Shortly thereafter Matz was invited by with Mr. Agnew. At this meeting there was no specific discussion about payments for county work, but Mr. Agnew told Matz thathe had a lot of "“confi-~ 5 a dence" in his close associate. Matz inferred from what Mr. Agnew said during this meeting that.he should work through the close associate and make any pay- ments through hin. After Mr. Agnew became County Executive, the close associate con- tacted Matz and asked him to prepare ‘a chart which would set forth the amounts | of money that could reasonably be expected from engineers on the various kinds and sizes of consulting contracts that the county generally awarded. Matz calculated the profits that could generally be anticipated under the various types of contracts, and he determined that, on the average, 5% of the fee was . not unreasonable, although the percentage varied of the contract. He gave a copy of the chart to chart showed the expected profit on each type of engineers could reasonably afford to pay on it. copy of this schedule to Mr. Agnew in his office a copy to the close associate. Mr. Agnew looked a close personal friend- the close associate to meet + depending on the size end nature the close associate. The contract and the percentage that Matz later showed his retained | and told him that he had given - at the chart and thanked Matz i } for his effort on the matter. Matz cannot recall today whether Mr. Agnew returns the copy to him. re